Grapevine High School

Grapevine High School
Address
3223 Mustang Drive
Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas 76051
United States
Information
Type Public, Secondary
Motto "A Century of Tradition"
School district Grapevine-Colleyville I.S.D.
Principal Dave Denning
Grades 9–12
Number of students 2,015 (2014-15)[1]
Color(s)      Red
     Royal Blue
     White
Mascot Mustangs
Website Grapevine Mustangs

Grapevine High School is an American High school located in the far northeast portion of Tarrant County in the city of Grapevine, Texas. It is part of the Grapevine–Colleyville Independent School District.

Grapevine has been categorized as one of the top 100 high schools in the United States of America by Newsweek magazine, and was named a 1999-2000 National Blue Ribbon School.[2] Students come from Cross Timbers Middle School, other portions of Colleyville Middle School and portion of Grapevine Middle School. Although Grapevine High School is in Grapevine, only half of the student body lives in Grapevine. The other half lives in Colleyville.

Leadership

Dave Denning is the Principal of Grapevine High School.

Athletics

Football

The GHS football program began in 1920 as a Conference B school. In 1951 the UIL changed to the 1A, 2A, 3A and 4A format. In 1980 the largest class, 5A was added. During the 1986 to 1995 seasons, GHS was classified as a 5A school. With the opening of a second high school in GCISD, GHS was classified as a 4A school from 1996 until 2001, winning the 4A Football State Championship in 1996 and 1998. The Mustangs moved back to 5A in 2002. The Mustangs will be a 5A Division 1 team during the 2018-2019 seasons.

The Mustang Football program plays its home games at Mustang-Panther Stadium located on 3000 Ira E Woods Ave in Grapevine. The stadium can hold 9100 people. The Mustang-Panther stadium is currently scheduled to be remodeled in 2018.

Basketball

The Grapevine basketball program has excelled over the past years, participating in 4 playoff appearances and a district championship in 2006. After winning the 2006 district championship coach Darryn Shearmire was recognized with the district 5-5A Coach of the Year Award. In 2011, center Daniel Green signed to Atlantic Coast Conference team Wake Forest University making him the first Grapevine basketball player in over a decade to sign with a Division I school.

Cross country

The Grapevine High School cross country team has been district champions 30 times ('75,'76,'78,'81-88,'90-94,'96,'98-02,'10-17) regional champions 11 times ('84,'85,'93-96,'99-01,'15,'17) state runner up 5 times (1994, 00-01, 2014, 2017) and state champions twice (1993, 2015).

Baseball

The Grapevine Baseball Team is split up into four teams. Varsity, Junior Varsity red, Junior Varsity blue, and Freshman. In 2016 the team won its first State Championship, defeating Alamo Heights 9-2 in the 5A State Final. In 2017 it came up one game short of winning back to back titles, losing to Port-Neches Grove 4-2 in the 5A State Championship Game.

Golf

The Mustang boys' golf team won the District Championship in 2004, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. They were Regional qualifiers in 2004, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. The Mustang girls golf team won the District Championship in 2003, 2004, 2015, 2016 and 2017. They were Regional qualifiers in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. They were Regional Champions in 2016 and 2017. They were State qualifiers in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. They won the State Champion in 2018.

Tennis

The Mustang Varsity tennis team has been named District Champions in 1991, 1992, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. The team has been Regional Qualifiers in 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. The 2014 & 2015 teams were ranked #1 in the State from pre-season to post-season. The Varsity tennis team was the Regional Champion and State Qualifier in 1986 and Regional and State Champions in 2014 & 2015.

The Junior Varsity tennis team has been named the undefeated District Champions in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008,2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014.

Over the years, the program has received generosity with the donation of Tennis Field House with locker rooms, concession area, public restrooms, and team room in 2008. During the summer of 2009, on-court lighting was installed to the 12 court facility and the courts were resurfaced by the school district.

Soccer

The Boys' soccer team are 9 time district winners, 5 time regional winners, 2 time state runners-up, and a 1 time State Champions. The boys' team won their only State title in 1990. The Grapevine Mustangs produced winger Shea Salinas who currently plays for the San Jose Earthquakes.

Swimming and diving

The members of the 1996-1997 and 1997-1998 Grapevine Swimming Teams were 4-A State Champions.

State championships

Baseball

  • 2016

Football

  • 1996
  • 1998

Cross country

  • 1993
  • 2015

Soccer

  • 1990

Swimming and diving

  • 1997
  • 1998

Tennis

  • 2014
  • 2015

Girls Golf

  • 2017

Poetry Reading

  • 2017

Arts and extracurricular activities

Music

Grapevine High School is home to a number of musicians and bands. Bruce Channel was the first singer to attend Grapevine that attained worldwide fame. Channel attended Grapevine High School in the late '50s and was known for his single Hey! Baby which was released in 1962, and has gone on to sell millions of copies. Bruce Channel later met the little-known Beatles in 1962 where he gave John Lennon harmonica tips, which Lennon would later use on songs Love Me Do, Please Please Me and others. Bruce Channel's hit Hey! Baby was later included on John Lennon's jukebox. The song is played by the marching band at football games.

In 1995 Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Norah Jones (daughter of sitarist Ravi Shankar) attended Grapevine High School, before transferring to Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas. Jones sang in the school choir, participated in band and played the alto saxophone. Austin Richard Post (famous singer/songwriter Post Malone) also went to Grapevine High School.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "GRAPEVINE H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  2. ↑ Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF) Archived 2009-03-26 at the Wayback Machine.

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